Langdon Greene
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Hey, I don't know if you guys heard this a few months ago (I hadn't seen any posts here on it) but the computer system that runs Mt. Rainier Natl Park backcountry permits crashed several months ago, which means that for 2016, ALL backcountry permits will be allotted via walkup application (as opposed to the standard quota with some percentage >50% reservable ahead of time, and a minority available as walkups).
If you have the flexibility with your vacation days to go to Seattle and try on a few different days to snag a permitted route [especially on Mon-Thurs], there should be a better chance of scoring it as opposed to a walk-up on other years.
Whether it's the 93-mile Wonderland, or the 58- mile Northern Figure-Eight, or the 34-mile Eastside Loop, this just might be the year to make it happen, thanks to the permit system snafu.
I'll try to find and post a link to more details later (or you can Google it yourself).
If you have the flexibility with your vacation days to go to Seattle and try on a few different days to snag a permitted route [especially on Mon-Thurs], there should be a better chance of scoring it as opposed to a walk-up on other years.
Whether it's the 93-mile Wonderland, or the 58- mile Northern Figure-Eight, or the 34-mile Eastside Loop, this just might be the year to make it happen, thanks to the permit system snafu.
I'll try to find and post a link to more details later (or you can Google it yourself).
